Biography & Autobiography
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Isabelle Eberhardt, ou, la Bonne nomade: d'après des documents inéditsIsabelle Eberhardt, ou, la Bonne nomade: d'après des documents inédits - suivie de Mektoub!... (cétait écrit!...): œuvre posthumeGrce, en effet, votre inlassable clairvoyance, non seulement les trpasss, mais encore nombre de vivants, avant daller au pays des ombres, ont le bonheur de voir leur...
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Mirrors of MoscowMirrors of MoscowRevolution! The air is filled with flames and fumes. The shapes of men, seen through the smoke, become distorted and unreal. Promethean supermen, they seem, giants in sin or virtue, Satans or saviours. But, in truth, behind the screen of smoke and...
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Recollections and impressions of James A. McNeill WhistlerRecollections and impressions of James A. McNeill WhistlerMost of what is contained herein has been collected from time to time within the past ten years and jotted down for use in certain lectures on Whistler and his art. The lectures were, as is this...
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Martha Schofield, pioneer Negro educatorMartha Schofield, pioneer Negro educator - Historical and philosophical review of reconstruction period of South CarolinaTo the men and women who braved the dangers and suffered the hardships of frontier life and bore with fortitude the pain of social ostracism and the sting of...
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Michael FieldMichael FieldSOME years ago the writer of this book discovered to herself the work of Michael Field, with fresh delight at every step of her adventure through the lyrics, the tragedies, and later devotional poems. But she was amazed to find that no one...
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Portuguese portraitsPortuguese portraitsNot seven, nor seventy, names exhaust the tale of Portugals great men. The reader need but turn to the fascinating pages of Portuguese history. There he will find a plentiful feast set out before himthe epic strife between Portuguese and Moor, Portuguese and...
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John Jasper: The unmatched Negro philosopher and preacherJohn Jasper: The unmatched Negro philosopher and preacherReader; stay a moment. A word with you before you begin to sample this book. We will tell you some things in advance, which may help you to decide whether it is worth while to read any...
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A happy half-century, and other essaysA happy half-century, and other essaysThe half-century, whose more familiar aspects this little book is designed to illustrate, has spread its boundary lines. Nothing is so hard to deal with as a period. Nothing is so unmanageable as a date. People will be born...
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The martyrdom of Nurse CavellThe martyrdom of Nurse Cavell - The life story of the victim of Germany's most barbarous crimeIn the early seventies there were living at the country rectory of Swardeston, near Norwich, a clergyman and his wife and little family. There was a New and...
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The life record of H. W. GraberThe life record of H. W. Graber - A Terry Texas Ranger, 1861-1865; sixty-two years in TexasFor the unpleasant facts recorded in this, I am not responsible, but only the powers that were then. I would much prefer to forget as I have forgiven,...
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The Red VineyardThe Red VineyardAnother priest, whose work was oftener among old tomes than among men, said slowly and, as was his wont, somewhat seriously, that it surprised him very much to note my eagerness to go to war. He did not consider it in keeping...
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Memories, by Admiral of the Fleet Lord FisherMemories, by Admiral of the Fleet Lord FisherNot long ago a gentleman enclosed me the manuscript of his book, and asked me for a preface. I had never heard of him. He reminded me of Mark Twain in a similar casethe gentleman in a...
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The life and times of the Rev. Samuel WesleyThe life and times of the Rev. Samuel Wesley - Rector of Epworth and father of the Revs. John and Charles Wesley, the founders of the MethodistsI have the conviction that due honour has never yet been paid to Samuel Wesley. The praises of...
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The Life of Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross (Vol. 2 of 2)The Life of Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross (Vol. 2 of 2)When in 1869 Clara Barton went to Europe in quest of health, she had never so much as heard of the Red Cross. That organization had been in existence in...
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The Memoirs of Alexander Herzen, Parts I and IIThe Memoirs of Alexander Herzen, Parts I and IIALEXANDER HERZEN was born in Moscow on March 25,[1] 1812, six months before Napoleon arrived at the gates of the city with what was left of his Grand Army. He died in Paris on January 9,...
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The Children's Heroes SeriesThe Story of Sir Francis DrakeIt has not been possible, for lack of space, always to tell the old stories in the original words, which are, in almost all cases, the best. If any readers of this book can get a sight of two...
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Le dimanche avec Paul Cézanne (souvenirs)Le dimanche avec Paul Cézanne (souvenirs)Si javais aim la peinture, en 1901, comme je laime aujourdhui, je crois que jaurais pu crire un beau livre sur Paul Czanne, mais jtais soldat de deuxime classe Aix-en-Provence et javais vingt ans. Lautre jour, aprs un petit...
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Biographies of MusiciansLife of MozartMr. Louis Nohl, the author of the present little volume, has merited for himself in Germany a high reputation as a writer of the biographies of musicians, and some of his larger works have appeared in English on the other side of...
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Life of Emanuel SwedenborgLife of Emanuel Swedenborg - Together with a brief synopsis of his writings, both philosophical and theologicalDuring the few past years many biographies of Swedenborg have been offered to the public. Dr. Tafel, of Tbingen, in 1839, collected into one volume the testimonies of...
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Women of '98Women of 'Ninety-EightTHEY tell a beautiful and poetical story about the croppies graves in Wexford. Many of them carried in their coat pockets wheat seed gathered in the fields to satisfy their hunger. When they were buried in their shallow graves the seed sprouted...
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